21st Century Learning

Thought I posted this in July...Whoops!

Positive

• 21st century learning has a new way of looking at the world
• New thinking
• Children must prepare for fulfilling lives and effective responsible citizenship in a society that is global, high-tech, diverse and information saturated
• In 21st century the world work requires problem solving, thinking, synthesising, communicating, designing and developing new products
• We are changing to fit into a world of digital natives
• Learning must be relevant so each student must see it is important in their lives

Negative

• DNA of teachers needs to change the way they teach
• One person was in control, the other person needed it and the teachers are there to deconstruct and recreate it for kids
• The education system was grounded in the industrial era, when routine work conformity was valued important. So is not going to work for our new world of technology

Interesting

• If we don’t change we are going to condemned future generations of teachers
• The skills needed are rapidly changing in our global environment
• In future years a super-computer will have more processing power than the human brain
• We will still need our core skills plus 21st century skills
• The structure must encourage students for new challenges in life, social and work